The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
Washington County.
Barre.

Barre.
THE children of T. l.. Snow in Gospel
Village-a girl and boy-who were re-
ported sick last week with dphtheria, died
last week, the girl Tuesday morning and
the boy Saturday noon. They were very
bright, active children of about eight and
ten years of age, and were the only children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snow have the deepest sym
pathy of their friends in their sad bereave-
ment. - Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Chubb
started Monday for Washington, ID. c.,
where they are to spend the winter. -
Burt DeLyne, who has heen stopping at
Justus Ketchum's and Willie Clapp's the
past summer, has been sick and unable to be
around for three weeks. He has not been
well for years. being all crippled up with
rheumatism. He will probably be sent to
the hospital at Burlington. - The fork
shop was not started Monday morning. the
boys not feeling like working at the twenty
per cent cut down from last years wages.
80 Work on the Williamstown rail-
road has been suspended for a time.
- The remains of Mrs. Latham
formerly Mrs. Clahin-of Bechertown,
Mass, were brought here for burial last
Saturday. The funeral services were held
at the residence Of William l.. Huntington
in Gospel Village. 80 Henry A. Phelps
and family have moved into the house re-
Gently purchased of S. G. Chubb. -
Mrs. O. II. Reed is quite sick with throat
trouble - The store of Blair & Currier
ing open one of the windows in the rear of
the store. Quite number of articles were
taken and some articles of wearing apparel
left which may lead to the identification of
the thief. - Mrs. Norman Mcleod, who
has been sick some time with consumption,
died last Saturday. - Miss Lettie
Brown, who has been one of the choir at
the Universalist church for some time was
married last Thursday, - Barre has
toboggan club, with capital stock of $500,
Iit-ina1 inn nna h,t,, oh oil
being already sold. The officers are as fol-
lows: President, w. l.. Stafford; vce-presi-
dent, George Mackie; secretary, II. L.
Averill; treasurer, f. w. Jackson. The
success of the club is assured, as nearly all
the prominent men of the place are enlisted
in this enterprise.
Cabot.
THE recent thaw has relieved what was
almost a water famine in places in this sec
ton. - Several cases of canker-rash
with one death have occurred recently on
the Southwest Hill. - Rev. II. A. Rus
sell, pastor of the Congregational church,
was taken with erysipelas November 25th,
since which time he has been gradually
losing strength, and is, at the present writ
ing (Monday afternoon), very sick man.
His physicians give encouragement of his
recovery, but think it will be some time be-
fore he will be able to occupy his pulpit.
| - The line appears to be drawn close
! at the present winter term of school in re-
gard to the qualifications of teachers, as quite
a number that have engaged schools have
| been unable to pass the required examina-
! ton, and several of the districts have been
minus teachers. - At meeting of the
Congregational church and society held
December 3d it was voted to sustain regu-
! lar Sabbath and weekly services during the
sickness of the pastor of the church. -
! G.. w. Stone, whose death was announced
in the WATCHMAN last week, will be re-
membered by the older inhabitants as a
practicing lawyer in this town for quite a
| number of years previous to 1864. -
| The bulletin issued by the State Agricul-
| ture Experiment Station November 22d is
received. 1t gives the results of the using
of different kinds of green fodder and the
results in producing milk and butter These
things are what the farming community
wants to know, and we hope it may be con-
Quoted on larger scale in years to come.
- n. X. Abbott has returned from his
annual trip to Lowell, Mass, for the sale of
his dairy products. He reports a good sale.
He is among our best dairymen -
Charles Foster has bought the farm owned
by the late Major Davidson and moved on
to the same. - W. Wheeler has bought
of Mrs. Joseph Lance the Kinnerson farm.
- Mr.. Simonds of Wheelock has moved
into the Batcheder house, formerly the
old school-house, at Lower Cabot-Fisher.
- The winter term of school began last
Monday, with the same teachers in the
| fall-W. S. Goodae principal and Miss
Eta Stevens assistant A large number of
scholars are in attendance. - DR.. S. l..
Wiswell and Hiram Wells start to-day
| wednesday, for trip to New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Washington. They
go in company with Drs. Jackson and
Macomber of the board of medical ex-
aminers. - Miss Matte Haines has re-
turned to her school in Newport n. H.
- Miss Gertie Wiswell has been spend
ing week with Mrs. Cotton of Montpelier.
North Montpelier.
WHAT at first threatened to be very
serious fire for this village took in the
picker-room in G.. f. Sibley's factory last
week Wednesday afternoon at about five
o'clock. Prompt work at the right time
confined the flames to the room and stock
in it, the latter of which was almost COM
pletely burned up. 1t was narrow escape
from a serious contiagration, for had it
burned it would undoubtedly have swept
out the business portion of the village.
- The Dramatic Club Library Associa-
ton of this village have lately added twenty
| or twenty-five volumes to'the library, which
now contains over five hundred volumes.
- School commenced in this district
| last week Monday. George Bates of Barre
is the teacher - The Dramatic Club is
making arrangements to give a public ex-
| hibition about New Years. 1t is their in
tention to secure. if possible, the services of
Harold and Ellen Nye as musicians, which
alone is sufficient guarantee of a full house.
- Harry Howard, the drummer-boy of
the Potomac, gave an entertainment at
Union vestry hall Tuesday evening. -
At the annual meeting of Wyoming Lodge,
No, so, f, and A. NJ. held at Masonic hall,
Plainheld, last week Thursday evening,
these officers were elected for the ensuing
year: w. NJ, w. Il. Cove; S. W., George
Huntington; j. W., Asa Dutton; secretary,
A. NJ. Batchelder treasurer, f. A. Dwinell.
f. A. Dwinell, the retiring worshipful mas
ter, presented the lodge a fine engraving
representing the working tools of the pro-
fesson.
Fayston.
THERE is more than usual activity in the
lumber woods at present, as lumbermen are
improving the fine weather by cutting and
skiddng their logs before the deep snow
comes - Alexander Baird and the
clerk of school district No. are rejoicing
over the birth of Alexander's first born-a
fine boy. The clerk has not received a fee
for recording a birth in the district for many
years and now he takes courage-and in
fact the district is rather proud of the little
stranger - John Maxwell has appeared
unusually happy the past few days. Mother
and daughter are doing well.
Marshfeld.
The Methodist Sabbath-school voted last
Sunday to observe Christmas. The pro-
gramme includes "tree and appropriate
exercises. 80 The Universalist sociable